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Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color review – magnificent monster in mono
Black and white re-release of one of the fire-breathing lizard’s best outings looks terrific and has an intrig…
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Ultraman: Rising review – endearing kaiju animation battles the monster that is parenting
Appealing superhero film saddles a kaiju fighter with an orphaned infant, who brings challenges to test supern…
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Spy x Family Code: White review – ingenious espionage antics with special-power family
Popular manga characters receive their first film adaptation as they seek out a villainous colonel and an elus…
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Godzilla Minus One review – rageful monster is one of the best in the series
Director Takashi Yamazaki sets his destroyer of worlds against a postwar Japan still recovering from the effec…
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Seven Samurai review – an epic primal myth that pulsates through cinema
Akira Kurosawa’s tale of ascetic mercenaries brought together for a single job inspired endless imitations, bu…
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Yakuza Princess review – stylish gangster tale makes its kills count
Story of a yakuza turf war survivor smuggled to Brazil has real style and a devil-may-care cheekJonathan Rhys …
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Sonny Chiba, martial arts master and Kill Bill star, dies aged 82
Chiba made his name with the 1970s Street Fighter trilogy, before Quentin Tarantino’s admiration brought him f…